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MORRISTOWN, Tenn. -- The 7th Annual Community Breakfast and Awards Event, Celebrating the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was hosted by the Morristown Task Force on Diversity on Monday, Jan. 18 inside the First Presbyterian Church Family Life Center in Morristown, Tennessee.
The ceremony featured presentations of various community awards in addition to the announcement of the winners of the annual Citizen Tribune MLK Jr. Essay contest for children in kindergarten through high school.
Force Master Chief of the Navy Reserve Dr. Clarence “C.J.” Mitchell, special advisor to Vice Admiral Robin Braun and the communications liaison on behalf of 60,000 Sailors who serve worldwide, served as the keynote speaker.
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He said he was proud of each child there and that the essay contest winners showed their wisdom through their works.

“Martin Luther King said, ‘The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education,’” he said. “You young people, I’m so proud of you. I’m thankful for you and your many classmates that entered the contest. And I’m excited for you and hopeful for your future, for it’s our future. “I’ve lived a short 47 years,” Mitchell said, “37 years ago, in that Shoney’s, my mother made a stand. Today, as I see the diversity in this room, as I’ve seen us come together, as I’ve heard the words of our children, I believe that the message of hope of Martin Luther King, the message of his dream, our dream, has come true. And we are one step closer, ever so closer, to that Promised Land.”
Other special attendees of the event included Dr. Alpha Alexander, Chair of Morristown’s Task Force on Diversity; Mayors Gary Chesney of Morristown and Bill Brittain of Hamblen County; Mike Fishman, publisher; and several
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